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Summary Of The Scorch Trial By James Dashner

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In The Scorch Trials by James Dashner, Thomas a teenager learns that WICKED is untrustworthy. To begin with, Thomas and the gladers defend the Safe Haven from WICKED. There forth, Thomas and the gang escape from WICKED’s test facility. There, they meet scorch survivors Jorge and Brenda at the crank asylum. From there Thomas and Brenda get split from the group, in which they meet up at the Safe Haven. All along Teresa tricks them and leads WICKED to the Safe Haven where undoubtedly they destroy the camp and take Mino. In the end, Thomas saves the Safe Haven and makes a promise to get Mino

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